Toy device.



A. DIOSSY.

TOY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED oqT. s, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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ALEXANDER DIOSSY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOY DEVICE.

To @ZZ whom it' may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER DIOSSY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Devices, of which the following is a specilication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to toy devices, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is designed to entertain and amuse both young and old; a it rther object being to provide a toy device made in the form of and to represent a lire-cracker and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a device of the class specilfied constructed and operated as hereinafter described.

rlhe invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in cach of the views, and in which Figure l is a side view of my improved toy device; Fig. 2 a similar view but showing the parts in a diierent position; and, Fig. a central longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

ln the practice of mv invention, l provide a tube t made of sheet metal, card board, or any suitable material and one end ot which is closed and the other open, and the opposite sides or the tube c are provided with longitudinal slots a2 which extend from a predetermined point c3 adjacent to the open end a4 of the tube about half the length of said tube, as shown at c5, where they are provided with oppositely curved extensions c6 terminating in hori- Zontal slot members al. Within the tube a is placed a. longitudinally movable plug with which are connected headed pins or screws c which pass through the slots a2 and into said plug, and said plug forms a longitudinally movable plunger between which and the closed end of the tube is placed a spiral spring d. Mounted centrally in the plug b is a rod or stick c having a conical cap piece c?, and to which is secured a liag f adapted to be rolled up on the rod or stick e, and the conical cap or head e2 is provided with a piece of wicking c3 representing the fuse of an ordinary Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 6, 1913.

Patented Apr., 28, frigid.

Serial No. 793,564.

recracker. With this construction, the flag f may be wound up or rolled up on the stick or rod c and is so indicated in dotted lines at f2 in Fig. 2, and said stick or rod may be forced into the tube a, the pins or screws c moving in the slots a2 until the plug b reaches the point shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 at b2, and in this operation the pins or screws e will pass through the curved extensions c of the slots c2 and into the horizontal parts a7 of said slots, and will hold the stick or rod e with the flag 7" wound thereon within the tube c, as shown in Fig. l, in which position of said parts the device resembles an ordinary tirecracker. By pressing the thumb on one of the pins or screws c, or the thumb and one finger on both of said pins or screws, the stick or rod c and plug b may be turned so that the spring Z will force said stick and plug outwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, at which time the fla-g f will unfurl, or may be unfurled, as shown in F ig. 2, and this operation may be repeated whenever, or as often as desired.

The device may be made of any desired dimensions and in this way, l provide a toy which will be particularly attractive to young people, especially on holidays such as the Fourth of July and Christmas, and changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having ulhT described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A toy of the class described comprising a tube open at one end and closed at the other, said tube being provided in its opposite sides with longitudinal slots which extend from a predetermined point near the open end thereof longitudinally thereof, and the end portions of which adjacent to the closed end of the tube are provided with oppositely curved extensions, a plunger plug movable longitudinally in said tube, a spiral spring placed between the closed end of said tube and said plug, headed pins passing through said slots into said plug, a rod secured centrally in said plug, and a flag connected with said rod, said rod being provided at its outer end with a conical head.

2. A toy device made to represent a fire- 5 ex'lend 'fiom :1. pi'edeteiniined point neen' the open end {hei-col longitudinally thereof, :and the end poi'tione of which, udjaeeni' lo the eloSC-d end of the tube, are provided ivih onpoSitoly directed extensions, a plug' V) mumble longitudinally in said tube, headed i pins passing' through the slots in Jthe tube :1nd into said plug, a spiral Spring; placed hetween the Closed end of Said tube und said plug, n iod secured Centrally in Suid plug and provided at its outer end with o eonienl head lmi'ing un imitation fuse, :1nd n flap; nonneoted with :said i'od adjacent to the uonic'nl head.

In testimony that livelailn the foregoing my invention have signed inv naine in presence of the Subscribing' Witnesses this lili day of October 1913.

ALEXANDER DlOSSY. l'lslitnesses S. ANDREWS, C. B/lImRnANY.

impos of this patent may be obtaine. fol' ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, LD. C. 

